Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
Using Products In New Ways To Serve Unmet Client Needs
By Jim ConnollyNew YorkUsing products in new ways to serve client needs is a topic that was threaded through a number of sessions during the annual ...
October 13, 2005
Nationwide Offers New Asset Allocation ToolNationwide Financial Services Inc. has added an asset allocation service to its living benefit feature for certain variable annuities.[@@]Clients who use the Capital Preservation ...
October 11, 2005
Officials To Update Series 6 TestThe National Association of Securities Dealers is revising the examination requirements for individuals who want to sell mutual funds, variable annuities and variable life ...
October 05, 2005
NAVA Hears EIA Battle CryNew YorkThe industry needs to stand up to the National Association of Securities Dealers in its efforts to regulate equity indexed annuities, according to ...
September 28, 2005
Set The Record Straight On Variable AnnuitiesAny astute advisor can overcome the arguments raised by the negative press surrounding annuitiesAfter all these years, it still amazes me that the things ...
September 28, 2005
Solving Value Disconnect With Variable AnnuitiesVAs today may do exactly what clients really need, want and appreciateThere is, it seems, a growing disconnect between many of us in financial ...
September 26, 2005
NASD Chairman Calls For Annuity Sales HarmonizationA top official at the National Association of Securities Dealers says his group wants to take a closer look at sales of annuities.[@@]NASD Chairman ...
September 19, 2005
Spitzer Asks Hartford About VA TradesNew York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office is asking for information about variable annuity transactions at Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.[@@]Spitzer's office has sent ...